The effect of rotor blade sweep on the performance of the wells turbine

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-239

  Webster, M ^a   Gato, L M C ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Blade sweep; Turbomachinery; Wave energy; Wells turbine

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC TURBINES; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

BACKWARD SWEPT BLADES; WELLS TURBINES;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BLADE; TURBINE; WAVE POWER;

TURBINE; WAVE POWER;

EID: 0033387065     PISSN: 10535381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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